Asan Mugunghwa Football Club was a South Korean

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club based in

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. The club's players were South Korean professional footballers who were serving their two-year military duty.

History

Founding and Police FC era

Founded as National Police Department FC in 1961, the club changed its name to Seoul Police Department FC in 1962 then back to its original name in 1967. During its history it won a number of competitions such as the

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and the

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in the 1960s before it was dissolved in November 1967. The club was reinstated in 1996, and it partly consisted of players serving their compulsory two-year military duty, similar to the other military club,

Sangju Sangmu FC Gimcheon Sangmu FC (Hangul: 김천 상무 프로축구단; Hanja: 金泉尚武 프로蹴球團) is a South Korean professional association football club based in Gimcheon that competes in the K League 2, the second tier of South Korean football. ...

Professionalization and Ansan era (2013–2016)

In 2013, Police FC joined the

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. In February 2014, Police FC was based in

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(

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) and renamed to Ansan Police FC. In January 2016, the club name was changed to Ansan Mugunghwa FC. The Korean word Mugunghwa means

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and is the symbol of the Korean Police.

Asan era (2017–2019)

After the 2016 season, Ansan Mugunghwa moved to the unrelated

, becoming Asan Mugunghwa FC. Per K League policies, the new team did not take over records and history of the previous one and were registered as a different team.프로연맹, 신생팀 안산-아산 가입 승인
/ref> Asan Mugunghwa were disbanded in 2019 to make way for another team,

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, which have no ties to the police at all.

Club name history

*1996–2013: Police FC *2014–2015: Ansan Police FC *2016: Ansan Mugunghwa FC *2017–2019: Asan Mugunghwa FC

Honours

Asan Mugunghwa (2017–2019)

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::Winners (1):

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Ansan Mugunghwa (2014–2016)

::Winners (1):

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Police FC (1996–2013)

::Runners-up (1):

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* National Semi-Professional Football League ::Winners (1): 2002 Fall

Managers

References

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